I gained a lot of experience from my time there. - Store Manager Vans Employee Review

4.0
Sep 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are willing to work with you to promote you through the ranks if you show an interest and willingness to learn. Corporate granted our store a lot of freedom and rewarded us for high sales.

Cons

It was a base hourly rate with no commissions. No benefits were offered until you were in corporate. Product was not replenished enough with corporate assigned orders.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great job to work at

Cons

Other than talking to people, there are no cons

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Depending on District/Store great culture. Awesome discounts and bonus incentives for full time management. Relatively lenient on being able to use your discretion with difficult customers, "What Would Van Doren Do?" - basically make the customer happy reasonably. Great position to learn retail and people management in - applied itself to any career field later on.

Cons

Job Security (retail and working in malls in today's landscape can be tough depending on location). Corporate can be corporate sometimes, DMs or RMs pushing unreasonable and ridiculous selling behaviors sometimes.

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